Gear level, the final nail in the games coffin.

[EmeraldSerenade]

Gearscores. Great, I can't imagine anything we need more than gearscores.

Nothing positive ever comes from this, why would even think of adding this BS here, SE?

-A set minimum GS to enter a dungeon: Yes. That's extremely helpful.
-Should elitist players be allowed to see my GS: No, they should not. History has shown that, at least for western players, that they can't handle it.

[Unaki]

Gearscores. Great, I can't imagine anything we need more than gearscores.

Nothing positive ever comes from this, why would even think of adding this BS here, SE?

-A set minimum GS to enter a dungeon: Yes. That's extremely helpful.
-Should elitist players be allowed to see my GS: No, they should not. History has shown that, at least for western players, that they can't handle it.

You know people can see what kind of gear you have before inviting you right? All gearscore does is add one additional number to your gear that consolidates everything you have equipped. People have been excluding people for gear for freaking decades dude.

[Selarono]

There are pros and cons to this definitely. Id like to say that people know that they need better gear to do higher level instances, but there will always be those that feel like they should be carried. The problem is that someone can have some good gear and some not so good gear and be an amazing player. Id rather have a great player with ok gear than a bad player with great gear any day. I am very low level still but as I get higher I am already seeing the elitist come out in a lot of ppl. This game is so new that its sad to see. This is SE way of weeding out the players that aren't ready for content and aren't smart enough or mature enough to take the time to get ready. I'm sure with the ability to just buy gear instead of actually having to fight mobs and wait for drops, gear will eventually be easy to get and the GS wont be a problem. Disappointing, but this is the way it usually goes.

[EmeraldSerenade]

You know people can see what kind of gear you have before inviting you right? All gearscore does is add one additional number to your gear that consolidates everything you have equipped. People have been excluding people for gear for freaking decades dude.

No duh. This just makes it worse.

[Swishytail]

Maybe they should make this an optional feature, so all these people not wanting requirements can run AK with level 50s wearing level 38 gear
and who did nothing but FATE farm and have no idea what to do in a dungeon or how to play their job.

Hint: It's not fun

[Issac]

I find it funny that people think this is an elitist thing. How about common courtesy to people who have progressed through the content in the order it was intended? By skipping the in between dungeons, and undergearing your character, you're wasting other player's time who have geared themselves up by either doing Wanderer's Palace and Arum Vale, leveling their GC rank high enough to get Lv50 weapons/equipment, or bought/had someone make them militia equipment. This progression is by design . Though, it is indeed possible to win AK with AF and a Lv43-45 weapon, doing so is a damn headache to other people properly equipped to take on the dungeon and carry you through it. This is not another player's job to do so and it perpetuates the disdain towards the Duty Finder even further. Sure, using the Duty Finder isn't exactly where you expect to find the best quality player, but not having a gear check for some dungeons graduates it to a point of, "Why bother?" completely.

I happen to be willing to use the duty finder during my FC event downtime to run an AK and do not at all mind being paired with players just making the gear check. It still says they've tried to gear their character. It may take 5-7minutes extra for the missing DPS. It really doesn't matter. All that matters is if it is beatable by your abilities, since already establishing that it made a gear check, and not because you are a lazy cancer player who wants to be included in the initiation dungeon to endgame early with no effort whatsoever to the latter dungeons. They are useful. They teach you different dungeon mechanics and give you gear to progress to the next dungeon. Be smart, enjoy the journey, and respect other people's time.

I'm going to queue up for AK naked with just my 1.0 ifrit weapon just to spite you. Hope we meet!

[Swishytail]

Isaac, noooooooooooo!

[Camate]

Hello,

We understand that some of you have some concerns regarding the item level restrictions for content; however, the development team is aware that there are players who are trying to challenge high level content without the proper amount of attack and defense, and would like to ensure that everyone participating in the content is on the same level.

Just to reiterate, this adjustment will be made in patch 2.1, and your average item level will be displayed in your character window. To coincide with this, we will also be adding a display for the required item level in the Duty Finder.

[NefarioCall]

Will Bahamuts Coil and Crystal Tower be available in the duty finder?

[MeowyWowie]

Will Bahamuts Coil and Crystal Tower be available in the duty finder?

Omg, no thanks. We don't need a bunch of people begging for Coil to be nerfed.